2019-12-13 Authentic Love (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 41:15
JoAnna Hardy	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  In the Presence of Love: A Metta and QiGong Retreat

2019-12-13 The Brahma Viharas. 44:02
Caroline Jones	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  December 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-12-13 Holy Days 41:10
Pamela Weiss	Download Listen

2019-12-13 Sīla – A Vehicle for Happiness 33:39
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
When we make the intention to keep the precepts, we give ourselves the possibility to steer our own lives rather than being swept up in it. The basic principle is not fear and law but sensitivity and concern. We have the intention to live in an atmosphere of goodwill and respect for all sentient beings.
Wongsanit Ashram, Thailand :  6-Day Residential Retreat with Ajahn Sucitto

2019-12-13 Dharma and Recovery with Kevin Griffin 2:02:43
Kevin Griffin	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2019-12-12 Letting Go Of Busyness 54:01
Kate Munding	Download Listen
An appropriate topic for this time of year. Many subthemes fall under this theme, such as how to be mindful of abundance and scarcity, feeling connected with others, and the nourishment of renunciation.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley :  IMCB Regular Talks

2019-12-12 I Return My Life (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 62:13
Cara Lai	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  In the Presence of Love: A Metta and QiGong Retreat

2019-12-12 Patient and Loving Acceptance 68:31
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
The body is much more than an idea, it’s something that’s here for us. With patient and loving acceptance we can clear disturbances from the body and experience a pleasant and steady abiding here and now.
Wongsanit Ashram, Thailand :  6-Day Residential Retreat with Ajahn Sucitto

2019-12-12 Day 3 Afternoon Session: Metta Practice- Instructions for Forgiveness Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 38:58
Erin Treat	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  In the Presence of Love: A Metta and QiGong Retreat

2019-12-12 Fourth Morning Instructions 52:43
Nathan Glyde	Download Listen
All sense contact met with kindness.
Gaia House :  To Be In The World, To Be Touched By Life

2019-12-12 Skillful Means in the Cultivation of Wisdom 61:02
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Wisdom is a natural feature of the mind. With its cultivation comes the ability to discern skillful from unskillful. But just knowing things are unskillful doesn’t stop the mind from doing it, we have to develop skillful means. We use mindfulness to be able to see through ignorance and stand back from the unskillful pulls of mind.
Wongsanit Ashram, Thailand :  6-Day Residential Retreat with Ajahn Sucitto

2019-12-11 Emotional Stability 64:40
Pascal Auclair	Download Listen
True North Insight :  TNI Regular Talks

2019-12-11 Day 2 Dharma Talk: Metta, Restlessness, Fear, Love (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 45:29
Erin Treat	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  In the Presence of Love: A Metta and QiGong Retreat

2019-12-11 Gratitude for Earth, Water, Fire and Air 53:08
Lila Kate Wheeler	Download Listen
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2019-12-11 Part 2 - Radical Compassion - Loving Ourselves and Our World into Healing 53:08
Tara Brach	View Download Listen
Drawn from Tara’s new book, Radical Compassion (2020), these three talks explore how the RAIN practice (Recognize, Allow, Investigate, Nurture) awakens the active, embodied caring that heals and frees our hearts.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2019-12-11 Dharma Talk - The Meeting of Wellbeing 47:06
Nathan Glyde	Download Listen
Gaia House :  To Be In The World, To Be Touched By Life

2019-12-11 Instructions and Guided Meditation 27:21
Pascal Auclair	Download Listen
True North Insight :  TNI Regular Talks

2019-12-11 Meditation as Re-education 66:35
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Modern modes of attention, information and meaning-making cut us off from our natural intelligence. Mindfulness of body and breathing puts us back in touch with the tonality, naturalness and rhythm of embodied intelligence. We use this way of meditation to re-educate us.
Wongsanit Ashram, Thailand :  6-Day Residential Retreat with Ajahn Sucitto

2019-12-11 Q&A 58:59
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
1) What is citta? 2) Regrets, how to forgive oneself 3) How to practice appamano states in everyday life (mudita, equanimity) 4) How to work with obstructive mind-states (judgmental, not good enough, lonely, regretful, hopelessness) 5) How to practice reclining meditation 6) Headaches in certain mind-states
Wongsanit Ashram, Thailand :  6-Day Residential Retreat with Ajahn Sucitto

2019-12-11 Morning Instructions: Day 2 (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 49:56
JoAnna Hardy	Download Listen
Settling in the first foundation of mindfulness using breath, body and sound
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  In the Presence of Love: A Metta and QiGong Retreat

2019-12-11 Dawn of the Liberating Path - Accomplishment of Desire 22:37
Shaila Catherine	Download Listen
The Buddha teaches that, just as the dawn precedes the rising sun, so developing certain qualities prepares us for fully engaging in our practice of the Noble Eightfold Path. Seven of these qualities are taught in the Magga Samyutta (SN 45:49-90): good friends, and the accomplishments in virtue, desire, self, view, diligence, and careful attention. This series of brief talks, Shaila Catherine introduces each of these qualities and illuminates how their development can support our path to liberation.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  December 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge
In collection: Dawn of the Liberating Path - Accomplishments

2019-12-11 The Gentle and Harmonious Tonality of Puja 16:00
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Beginning the day with puja, a certain tonality is established. Not the abrasive, pushy, congested one of modern day, but something beautiful, timeless, gentle and steady. As we enact puja, we establish the Triple Gem as a heart quality that we can sit within. This is our refuge place.
Wongsanit Ashram, Thailand :  6-Day Residential Retreat with Ajahn Sucitto

2019-12-11 From the Ordinary Habitual Mind to the Buddha-Mind 11: Time 2 63:00
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
Following last week’s initial inquiry into our experience of time, and, for many, a week of practice related to time, we explore (1) further aspects of the nature of the ordinary conditioning related to the experience of time, bringing some of our own findings as well as material from philosophy, physics, and psychology; (2) some further material on how the Buddha and other awakened beings teach about time and the timeless; and (3) several main practices that help us to explore and transform our conditioning related to time, including developing mindfulness in the moment, opening to “flow” states, and exploring impermanence.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2019-12-11 Title: Guided Meditation Exploring Our Experience of Time 39:06
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
Guidance generally on mindfulness practice, followed by guidance on several ways to explore time, including being in the present moment, noticing patterns to time, and opening in different ways to the impermanence of experience.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2019-12-10 Power Of Balance 35:19
Shaila Catherine	Download Listen
In this talk, Shaila Catherine suggests that everyone is responsible for their own state of balance. She explores several practical areas for cultivating a balanced approach to practice including: aligning the body posture with the force of gravity, recognizing how mindfulness brings a balanced relationship to sensory experiences, and cultivating a non-reactive attitude toward both pleasant and unpleasant feelings. We learn to quickly restore our emotional balance whenever we find ourselves entangled in stories or personal dramas. We refine our ability to apply balanced effort in the way that we engage with meditation. And we continuously refine the powerful balance in the meditating mind by perceiving how the five spiritual faculties and the seven awakening factors are affecting our attention and understanding.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  December 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-12-10 L’équilibre mental 52:29
Pascal Auclair	Download Listen
True North Insight :  TNI Regular Talks

2019-12-10 Guided Meditation: Heartful Sympathy for All Beings 42:01
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
This guided meditation touches into a fundamental quality that arose with the Buddha’s final realization – anukamapa, heartfelt sensitivity and sympathy for the welfare of sentient beings. We practice by generating perceptions and relating directly to the resulting experience.
Wongsanit Ashram, Thailand :  6-Day Residential Retreat with Ajahn Sucitto

2019-12-10 Mind’s Nature Is to Be Happy 62:55
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
We live in the sense world, but we don’t have to run out into it. We can see, hear and touch, but keep the heart collected inwardly. This gives a sense of balance and peace, an inner happiness.
Wongsanit Ashram, Thailand :  6-Day Residential Retreat with Ajahn Sucitto

2019-12-10 Second Morning Instructions 45:59
Nathan Glyde	Download Listen
Calming bodily fabrications
Gaia House :  To Be In The World, To Be Touched By Life

2019-12-10 Make the First Effort of the Day with Wisdom and Persistence 16:12
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Take the opportunity when you begin your day to turn away from unskillful states and start putting down the seeds for skillful states. Committing to precepts and recollecting Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha bring mental firmness. Breathing and chanting bring physical vitality and brightness. This builds up the reserves of wisdom and vitality to sustain you through the day.
Wongsanit Ashram, Thailand :  6-Day Residential Retreat with Ajahn Sucitto

2019-12-09 The Practice of Forgiveness 27:44
Brian Lesage	Download Listen
Flagstaff Insight Meditation Community :  FIMC Monday Night Talks

2019-12-09 Care for the Mind – It’s Your Home 56:52
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Whatever we incline our minds toward will affect us. Where do I want to give my attention? Where do I want to commit my time? These are helpful reflections. The mind is our home. Practicing with themes of restraint, mindfulness and careful attention, we have a chance to brighten and purify it.
Wongsanit Ashram, Thailand :  6-Day Residential Retreat with Ajahn Sucitto

2019-12-09 How to Stand Back from the Stream of Mind 63:35
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
It can be humbling to recognize that we’re not getting the results we’re going for in practice. We cultivate 4 Dhamma factors – motivation, energy, relinquishment & investigation – to understand the stream of mind we keep getting caught in, and to develop the capacity to stand back from it.
Wongsanit Ashram, Thailand :  6-Day Residential Retreat with Ajahn Sucitto

2019-12-09 Guided Body Meditation 45:55
Nathan Glyde	Download Listen
Guided body meditation on the felt sense of presence.
Gaia House :  To Be In The World, To Be Touched By Life

2019-12-09 Monday Night Dharma Talk 60:18
Susie Harrington	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2019-12-09 The Key to Standing Meditation: Balance 23:37
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
If the back is not yet strong enough to sustain the sitting posture, standing offers relief. The feet, legs and ground sustain the upright posture so shoulders and upper body can relax. The key reference is balance.
Wongsanit Ashram, Thailand :  6-Day Residential Retreat with Ajahn Sucitto

2019-12-09 Dawn of the Liberating Path - Accomplishment of View 15:48
Shaila Catherine	Download Listen
The Buddha teaches that, just as the dawn precedes the rising sun, so developing certain qualities prepares us for fully engaging in our practice of the Noble Eightfold Path. Seven of these qualities are taught in the Magga Samyutta (SN 45:49-90): good friends, and the accomplishments in virtue, desire, self, view, diligence, and careful attention. This series of brief talks, Shaila Catherine introduces each of these qualities and illuminates how their development can support our path to liberation.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  December 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge
In collection: Dawn of the Liberating Path - Accomplishments

2019-12-09 Skillful Placement of the Mind 38:47
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Beginning our day, we realize the potential of the mind for confusion or clarity. We need to be quick to steer the mind towards the skillful. In puja we raise up skillful qualities of Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha as images and perceptions. This establishes a tone of brightness, persistence and open-heartedness.
Wongsanit Ashram, Thailand :  6-Day Residential Retreat with Ajahn Sucitto

2019-12-08 Helpful Attitudes For Practice 49:21
Deborah Ratner Helzer	Download Listen
Our attitude toward practice is key.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Living the Buddha’s Teachings: Insight Meditation Retreat

2019-12-08 Understanding and Supporting the Heart's Release, Part 2 - Meditation 38:38
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Common Ground Meditation Center :  Weekly Dharma Series

2019-12-08 Understanding and Supporting the Heart's Release, Part 2 - Talk 51:05
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Common Ground Meditation Center :  Weekly Dharma Series

2019-12-08 How to Settle and Calm 43:52
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
When the heart can’t access its own centeredness and stability, the experience of insecurity and discomfort results. We can intentionally introduce skillful thoughts and perceptions to settle and calm the heart.
Wongsanit Ashram, Thailand :  6-Day Residential Retreat with Ajahn Sucitto

2019-12-08 Vulnerability & Transmission 39:50
Ayya Santacitta	Download Listen
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2019-12-08 The Path to Liberation Is through Direct Experience 53:17
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
There are two modes of experience, conceived and direct. Conceived experience keeps us stuck in the endless cycle of saṃsara. The way out is through direct experience. Practice with sensing the direct experience of body.
Wongsanit Ashram, Thailand :  6-Day Residential Retreat with Ajahn Sucitto

2019-12-08 Understanding and Supporting the Heart's Release - Meditation 37:36
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Common Ground Meditation Center :  Weekly Dharma Series

2019-12-08 Understanding and Supporting the Heart's Release - Talk 36:05
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Common Ground Meditation Center :  Weekly Dharma Series

2019-12-08 Puja: A Purification Process 1:16:15
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Puja is more than just thinking and recollecting. It’s very much an embodied, vocalized, participatory practice. You don’t really think about puja, you do it. In the doing of it there’s a particular energy, a collective harmony and a collective action that has purification effects.
Wongsanit Ashram, Thailand :  6-Day Residential Retreat with Ajahn Sucitto

2019-12-07 Preparing the Heart and Mind for Practice 63:48
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
An explanation of the opening rituals: what offering respect to the Triple Gem means; what the shrine offerings represent; how the precepts support our intention to train. Closes with the exhortation to make an effort with friendliness.
Wongsanit Ashram, Thailand :  6-Day Residential Retreat with Ajahn Sucitto

2019-12-07 Honoring All Life: Exploring the First Precept of Non-Harming 2:35:16
Bob Stahl	Download Listen
Bob Stahl, Richard Shankman, James Baraz, Thanissara, Bob Isaacson, Patti Breitman, WIll Tuttle, Jina Shah, Tara Brach, Konda Mason, Dawn Mauricio
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2019-12-06 Working with disturbance. 43:15
Caroline Jones	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  December 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge